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port·cul·lis
(pôrt-kŭl′ĭs)n.
A grating of iron or wooden bars or slats, suspended in the gateway of a fortified place and lowered to block passage.
[Middle English port-colice, from Old French porte coleice, sliding gate : porte, gate (from Latin porta; see per- in Indo-European roots) + coleice, feminine of coleis, sliding (from Vulgar Latin *cōlātīcius, from Latin cōlātus, past participle of cōlāre, to filter, strain, from cōlum, sieve).]
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portcullis
(pɔːtˈkʌlɪs)n
(Architecture) an iron or wooden grating suspended vertically in grooves in the gateway of a castle or fortified town and able to be lowered so as to bar the entrance
[C14 port colice, from Old French porte coleïce sliding gate, from porte door, entrance + coleïce, from couler to slide, flow, from Late Latin cōlāre to filter]
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port•cul•lis
(pɔrtˈkʌl ɪs, poʊrt-)n.
a strong grating, as of iron, made to slide along vertical grooves at the sides of the gateway of a castle or fortified place and let down to prevent passage.
[1300–50; Middle English portecolys < Middle French porte coleice]
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Noun 1. [画像:portcullis - gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town]portcullis - gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
gate - a movable barrier in a fence or wall
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portcullis
n → Fallgitter nt, → Fallgatter nt
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